N.Z. TENNIS TOURNEY

Grey River Argus, 13 February 1940, Page 5

N.Z. TENNIS TOURNEY

THE SEMI-FINALS Australians’ Success [Per Press Association 1 TINGTON, February 12. The .'Angles'were ‘resumed when women’s singles were in the K SSd nt tennf ehnmp.enships. T The Z’> 'complete results are as ‘“Eagles semi-flnaE Bremwich (Australia) beat K ford 6/ semi-final; Miss ( Coyne (Australia) beat M] ss *£• 1 castle (Australia) 3/6, 6/4, 9/7. Miss Coyne will meet Miss Wynne (Aus tralia) in the final tomorrow. Men’s Doubles semi-final. Bro (Canterbury) and Angas(Canterbury heat Stuart (Auckland) and France Welltogton) 5/7, 6/2, 6/2, 6/1. Bro™ and Angas will meet Bromwich and Crawford in the final to-morrow Combined Doubles semi-final Craw ford and Miss Wynne beat Barnes (Australia) and Miss Cooke < land) 6/0, 6/8, 6/0; Bromwich and Miss Coyne beat Howe and M. Beverley (Waikato) 6/4, 6/4. Combined Doubles final: Bromwich and Miss Coyne beat Crawford and Miss Wynne 7/5, 6/2. Women’s Plate semi-final: Miss Howe (Wellington) beat Miss Nicholls (Wellington) 6/3, 6/2. Final— Miss Cooke beat Miss Howe 3/6, 6/3, 6/0 Veterans’ Doubles: R. V. Hooper (Manawatu) and M. L. Lampe (Wanganui) beat R. Browning (Canterbury) and D. F. Glanville (Canterbury) 6/4, 4/6, 10/8. New Zealand has three representatives in the final matches to be decided to-morrow. The Canterbury pair, Angas and Brown, came through the semi-final to-day, and will meet Crawford and Bromwich of Australia in the final. The other New Zealand player is Mrs Gallagher, of Wellington, who as Miss Dulcie Nicholls, has been Dominion champion. She is paired with Miss Hardcastle in the final of the women’s doubles against Misses Wynne and Coyne, of Australia. The singles finals will be disputed between Australians.

A northerly wind, that increased to | half-gale force during the afternoon,, played havoc with many of to-day’s, games. The Australian visitors again I found the conditions especially try-] ing, but being more accustomed to it than they were in the early stages of the tournament last week, they showed better control over their shots, although sudden gusts accompanied by swirling, blinding dust often made accurate placements down the sideline or to the baseline, a matter of luck. ( One championship final, the combined doubles, was decided late in the afternoon when the conditions were most atrocious. The crowded galleries, nevertheless, were treated to a brilliant exhibition between Bromwich and Miss Coyne, and Crawford and Miss Wynne. The men dominated the play, and thrill followed htrill as the points tee-sawed U Uut finish.